The leak was sealed the same day and an investigation has been launched into the cause. Nobody was injured as a result of the leak.

Last month Shell removed the Brent Delta platform for scrap and the company says it plans to decommission Brent Charlie ‘in the near future’. The Brent field has yielded three billion barrels of oil since production started in 1976, but in recent years the platforms have been refurbished to draw natural gas rather than oil.

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